The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-11-30
THE. SEVEN KILLED CITY.
BUsTLE AND BUSINESS IN THAT COM
MERCIAL MART.

New Depot Placed Where i: May
not be I7id---SchOIars.--Sch schools
DOctors-.-yiSit0rS- -. TI.anlssGi living
-..AuctiOn---PiOus People Pay for
their PrcucEinG Two Negroes
Fight. One Went to Rsis Grave.
the other il in LaiI---Cotton EHS-
cr.s Liberal Expenditure Of Won
ey--.Where is 1t Now. ahat ~ she
Question?
l.oWNDESVILLE, Nov. =, lHHI. :,
Miss Fannie Booker is now visiting At Mt.
DR.. Todd and Mr.. G.. Iati,rcr, OF heltnn,
spent two or three days, in anu around mere
last week. .,
Dr. j. b. Mosclcy went 10 Troy last week.
called there profess iona!ly.
The exercises in the High Scoonl here have
closed for the present. The prlncifal .hr; =. -
b. Franks will for a time at least devote his
whole lime and attention 10 his drag store.
Mr. w. &. Watson, Of Anderson was IN TINS
community several days last week, LOOKING
after his Abbcville Interests.
Go to the Stove and Tin llouSe ana see
those beautiful moss rose and ample blossom
tea sets So pieces in n set only $3.50. Can't be
Mr. and Mrs. j. b. Franks, went to Ander-
son &. H., last "Wednesday, being summoned
there. to assist, the next day. in dlsposing OF
two Thanksgiving turkeys. and other Things
too numerous to mention.
Miss Carrie McCully, Of Anderson c. H.,
came down by railroad last Wednesday, and
went to Mr. Ii. II. Harpers, where she and
other friends, enjoyed very delightful
Thanksgiving dinner.
While upon this time-honored day wi II say
that it was observed here by our merchants
closing their stores and By many Of our peo.
pie. who did not forget 1t.
Mr.. B. p. HutchiSon sold out ut pubic out
cry his personal effects, on last Thursday. at
very fair price. preparatory TO going to ltich-
mond, Kentucky. =, ,,,,,,,o -,
the Fork went to her old home near Willing
ton 10 visit her fathers family and others.
There were three car loads of cotton seed
shipped from this point 10 Augusta during
the past week. ~
81. 8. Donnald. manager of the Stove and Tin
House, says he has no trouble to sell stoves
now, since he has convinced the people that
he sells good reliable stoves cheaper IMAM
On Thanksgiving Day, the Rev /. {. Lyon
filled the pulpit in Providence church, ana
preached quite an appropriate and impressive
Rev. r. II. Leitch and Mr.. Marshall left last
Tuesday, for Greenwood. where they expect
ed TO rest for u day Or two, then on to l@n-
rens C.. H., there to carry on meeting ior
some days. There was raised and presented
to him one hundred and twenty (Sl2O.OOl
dollars which proves that his meeting here
was success. In addition to that amount.
Rev. w S. Martin the pastor OF the Metho'
dist church, had almost If not quite one hun;
dred dollars (SlOO00) given him, over and
above his salary
Ladies If sou want to see something pretty,
20 to the Stove and Tin House, and you will
see the preticSt line crockcry and glass ware,
and lamps, that has ever been brought to AbDe-
willie county.
Late yesterday two colored men, Lewis
Terry and Henry Late, living upon Mr.. Is.
Berry Aliens place got into dispute about
some money, and the former stabbed the
later 10 death. Trial Justice VIM. Moore, at
once empannced a jury, who rendered ver-
dict in accordance with above facts.
All Of the flushing touches. have been
wellnigh given to our depot, and 1t now pre-.
sents fine appearance, and If 1t was situated
upon one of our ''seven hill,' would add an.
other 10 our teveral town houses, which can
be seen, for miles in the surrounding country.
j. @. Donnald says he will have big as.
sortment OF toys, for girls ana boys, ana
something for the old folks too, at the stove
and Tin House.
Mr.. L. b. Hortan cotton buyer here for
Carroll IL Stacey tolls me that he has paid out
this season, at this place, Latimer, HcSters,
and Mt. Carmel, over one hundred thousand
dollars for cotton, that the above firm has
two other agents in this county, that the
three have not paid out less than five hun
drcd thousand dollars, in the past two or
three months. Where is that large sum
now? | would venture to say, that not one
tenth Of il, is to- day still in the hands OF the
producer, but it has been paid either for
something we did not absolutely need, or that
we might have raised at home.